My pc is running Vista and I test or try new OS with VM. What I wrote in the post above is the error it is telling me. This application has an unexpected error and must abort. [-1] Bad Row Index step 6.?.0. Could it be the VL is corrupt? Should I re download it and try again? Maybe I am not doing something right.

The correct md5sum should be posted next to the download. If it's not there, please let us know exactly which version of VL you have there.

Later:Did a quick test of Microsoft's "fciv" checksum utility under Vista. Works, here's a download link. Known to work under XP (client or server). Probably works with 7 or 8, but I'll wait 'til I see it tested there.

Right-click the download and run as Administrator. I chose C:\Windows\System32 for extraction -- despite other instructions -- and as I said, it worked. Runs from command line (CMD). 'fciv <filename>' gives you md5sum, see 'fciv /?' for more options.

I am using VL 7.0 Standard Edition Gold. I adjusted the memory like you said above. I used 1024MB to see if that helped. Cause I was using less. Default was 512MB. Still same error. I am running Windows Vista, 4GIG RAM, Quad core. 2.8 Gig. Using Virtual box VM Ver. 4.2.12. I have install other linux OS on my VM and had no problems. This is a first. Hope this helps.

The default 512MB of your VM is plenty, especially if you're configuring swap during install. I'd revert to it to save memory for running Windows programs.

Please check the md5sum. Use one of the utilities from the linuxquestions link above, or fciv. You should getf3cf3a7a352bb36757c2e21499762d73 (This really should be conspicuously posted next to any download link, but often isn't)The directory http://ftp-osl.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/veclinux-7.0/iso-release/ contains the ISO (.iso) and its md5sum (.iso.md5.txt).It's good to have a file checksum utility, as it would apply to nearly any distro you download; they "all" have an md5sum, or maybe an SHA256/512 sum. If it doesn't match, download the ISO again.

It probably matches. In that case, be sure that the virtual HD you're installing to has at least 8G, and that the part mounted as "/" (root) is allotted at least 4G of that. If other distros are installing, you probably already have this, too.

That leaves a problem with the ISO or installer itself. You'll get plenty of help here with that, but it can be more than you bargained for. Depends on how interested you are in VL in particular, running on a VM.

That's where I should leave you, as I'm running a different (Light) version of VL, and don't usuallly use VM's. Many do, though, and you'll get replies if you want to go on and post how much disk space you're allotting and whether the md5sum is correct.

Thank you for taking the time to help me out. I really appreciate it. I have Linux installed on another PC. Runs well. I do some gaming online and I well use Windows. I know I can dual boot the 2 side by side. I think I am just afraid the take the leap. But I am look for a laptop and I am DEFIANTLY installing Linux on it. There is a lot of choices and flavors for Linux which is such a plus. So again thank you for your time.